Professor Celine d'Orgeville
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
ANU College of Science
Professor Celine d’Orgeville is Director of the ANU Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre and an ANU Translational Fellow.
Celine is a world expert in Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGS AO) for astronomy and the Principal Investigator for multiple international LGS AO projects in Australia, the USA and Chile. At the ANU Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC), she leads a team of more than 40 scientists and engineers developing innovative, bespoke, cutting-edge instrumentation for astronomy and space.
As an ANU Translational Fellow, Celine is working with government and industry to transfer her LGS AO research into the commercial world of space situational awareness and ground-to-space laser communications. A long-standing champion of women and diverse people working in STEM, Celine has received multiple awards for her engagement and advocacy in the IDEA (Inclusion Diversity Equity Access) space, in astronomy and beyond.
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